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What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?

...coded topography. NASA/USGS/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G Neukum) This is exactly what’s happened at Olympus Mons, and indeed several of its neighbours, which means these volcanoes are unlikely to be extinct. They may even be able to squeeze out some lava again in the future, although we might have to wait a few million years to see it happen. In search of small volcanoes But...
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Article 5 mins
Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...code. Veils, foot binding and kimonos are discussed as tools of female confinement and symbols of male ownership. Yet this, as Foreman passionately argues, is not the entire story. Throughout history, women acted, laying claim to agency and identity in ways which threatened patriarchal ideas of order. The Ascent of Woman seeks to tell these stories. To do so, it focuses...
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Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...simple to release the teaching content, since the material often required reversioning, rights clearance, or some form of adaptation. But nevertheless the initiative didn’t rely on individual educators engaging with complicated standards and adopting a new set of practices. Instead, OpenCourseWare built on existing practice by taking existing course materials and...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...Simple client–server application In this client–server model, many clients can connect to the server application and request information about books. The server has to process these requests and send the response to the client that originated the request and not to any other client. As long as the network is working well and the server can keep up with responding to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...simple in principle. When you make a plan or a policy or an intent that is supposed to take place and be set into reality, you're making assumptions about the context in which that intent is going to live. You're making assumptions about the context in which the organisation or the team that is making a plan will live in. And what scenarios are about is to pay attention...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...simple distinction that came to my mind is that whereas strategy suggests a time element – the future – systems typically suggests more physical or observable elements that occupy some kind of space that might be used, modified and adapted. Figure 1 provides my own distinctions between the terms strategy and systems. [Described image] Figure 1 Spray diagram exploring...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...simple circuit in Figure 8. [Described image] Figure 8 First-order filter Activity 3 Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Which of the four categories of filter shown in Figure 5 does the filter in Figure 8 belong to? You should be able to work it out from the behaviour of the capacitor at low frequencies and high frequencies. Explain your answer. [Described image] Figure 5...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...simple and it emphasizes balance rather than focusing on specific nutrients. However, SACN does recommend a range of intake levels for all nutrients and energy for males and females throughout life, known as the dietary reference values (DRVs). Because individuals vary in their exact energy requirements, depending on sex, age, occupation and many other factors, often the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs